133 Quotes by Sallust

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.

No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.